Gr. 10 Academic French

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Bienvenue au site web de 10ième année théorique de Mme. Biega!
How to navigate this page:

  1. If you're wondering what assignments or projects are, when they are due, and when our quizzes and tests are, scroll down to see the FSF 2D calendar!
  2. If you're looking for what we did in class today with worksheets I'm able to upload, scroll down (past the calendar) to the Day Planner!
  3. If you have a question about the homework or the topic from today, you can message me on wikispaces, or you can start a discussion on the Discussions page (button at the top)!
  4. If you're looking for something online that'll help you learn or practise the awesome french we're learning, click on the Need More Practice? page!





Day Planner

Jeudi, le 24 janvier

Mercredi, le 16 janvier
  • Oral Exams

Mardi, le 15 janvier
  • We began our oral exams today. Bonne chance à tous!


Lundi, le 14 janvier
  • We had our listening exam today.
  • We had time to work on our oral exam questions or our exam review. Make sure to bring everything you need to the oral exam, which starts tomorrow! Bring your exam review booklets as well, as that's what you'll be working on during the oral exam classes. You are expected to be present during all oral exams. If I still have time after the scheduled oral exams, I will be going on to the next day's scheduled exams. Be prepared! Bonne chance!!
  • Please keep in mind as well that we will need to be quiet during all oral exams so that students who are taking their exams may be able to concentrate. You may bring music to listen to (iPod/mp3 player) as long as you have headphones and the music isn't too loud.

Vendredi, le 11 janvier
  • We had the period to work on our exam review or our oral exam questions.

Jeudi, le 10 janvier

Mercredi, le 9 janvier
  • We reviewed the conditionnel, as well as the irregular verbs.
  • We corrected our answers and did p144 du livre à l'orale.
  • We worked on a booklet for the conditionnel.
  • DEVOIRS: Booklet - and start on the exam review package because I have another one waiting for you! :)


Mardi, le 8 janvier
  • We discussed our holidays au passé.
  • We discussed exams - see the calendar for details of when they are.
    • I will be presenting you with outlines of each type of exam by Friday.
    • You MUST be present for ALL exams. If not, make sure your absence is accompanied by a doctor's note.
  • We learned our LAST verb tense of the year - the conditionnel! :)
  • DEVOIRS: Pratique b,c à la page 144 du livre.

Mercredi, le 19 décembre
  • les points pour le quest demain:
    test outline.docx
  • Il y a aussi des exercices de pratique à la page Need More Practice?
  • N'oubliez pas d'apporter de la nourriture pour VENDREDI! (les biscuits, les croustilles, du maïs soufflé, des boissons, etc.)

Vendredi, le 14 décembre
  • Pour la tâche finale: inclue le nom du produit/service, la marque, une/deux techniques de persuasion, une machette, une image (ou plus!), du texte, et un slogan. Sache (know) ta cible (target audience).
    • p.e.: le slogan de McDonald's est "i'm lovin' it", mais la manchette est à propos du produit de quoi McDonald's fait la publicité.
    • la créativité est ESSENTIELLE. Le produit/service doit être NOUVEAU. Si ça existe en réalité, ajoute quelque chose au produit/service qui est nouveau.
    • Tu peux utiliser un ordinateur ou tes mains pour créer ta pub.
    • Utilise les techniques et les exemples qui montrent les techniques à la page 75-77 du livre; planifie ta tâche en utilisant la page 65 du cahier.
    • Utilise les temps de verbe que tu connais: le présent, l'impératif, le passé composé, l'imparfait, et le futur simple. N'utilise pas le conditionnel ou le subjonctif du tout!
    • Make me want to buy your product/service!!
  • Pas de devoirs - la tâche sera à remise mardi!
  • Test d'unité 3: Jeudi, le 20 décembre sur le futur simple et le gérondif/participe présent.

Jeudi, le 13 décembre
  • We had our quiz today.
  • We had time to work on our tâche finale - la pub! Here is the outline: This is due Tuesday!


Mercredi, le 12 décembre
  • We took up the answers to the paquet pour le futur simple.
  • QUIZ DEMAIN sur le futur simple - including les verbes irréguliers dans le cahier! Make sure you know the endings, as well as the radicals (starts) of the verbs!


Mardi, le 11 décembre
  • We, in pairs, asked each other questions about les pubs' effectiveness using certain techniques et le futur simple.
  • We reviewed how to form the futur simple.
  • We worked on questions to practice writing the futur simple.
  • DEVOIRS: Le paquet du futur simple SAUF les questions de lecture/compréhension! Aussi, apporte tes choses pour créer une pub.


Lundi, le 10 décembre
  • Today we reviewed les techniques de persuasion.
  • We had a listening activity on discerning the type of technique used.
  • We discussed le futur simple and took a short note.
  • We began using it in response to questions.
  • DEVOIRS: Trouve une pub française pour un point de bonus sur le test la semaine prochaine; start thinking of a unique product that you can market to teens. We will be creating our own pubs over the course of the coming week.
  • Our unit test will be next week sometime - most likely Wednesday or Thursday.


Vendredi, le 7 décembre
  • DEVOIRS: Trouve une pub française pour un point de bonus sur le test d'unité; réponds to the second bullet's questions on p77 - quelle pub est la plus frappante? la plus banale? etc.

Jeudi, le 6 décembre

Mercredi, le 5 décembre
  • We had more presentations today.
  • REQUIZ: Must be done before Friday, before or after school. Quizzes must be corrected and signed by a parent/guardian.
  • We continued with unité 3, discussing cahier p62 et le livre p72-74.
  • DEVOIRS: Apporter en classe 2 pubs du même genre (2 pubs du shampooing différents, 2 pubs des barres de chocolat différentes, etc) --> imprimé (you can google ads) ou sur youtube. On fera les comparaisons demain des pubs.


Mardi, le 4 décembre
  • We had more presentations today.
  • We started unité 3.
  • DEVOIRS: Le sondage à la page 62 du cahier.


Lundi, le 3 décembre

  • We had more presentations today.
  • We will not have a unit test pour unité 2.

Vendredi, le 30 novembre
  • We had more presentations today.


Jeudi, le 29 novembre
  • We had our mock literacy test today.
  • We went to a SWING concert today. :)


Mercredi, le 28 novembre
  • We started our presentations today.
  • DEMAIN: MOCK OSSLT and SWING concert! :) You can leave my class tomorrow as soon as you're done your OSSLT.


Mardi, le 27 novembre
  • We were given the whole class to work on our tâches finales.
  • Presentations start tomorrow!


Lundi, le 26 novembre
  • We had our Imparfait et Passé Composé Quiz.
  • We went down to the library to work on our tâche finale.
  • DEVOIRS: Bring your laptop/tablet/iPad to school tomorrow to work on your tâche finale.

Vendredi, le 23 novembre
  • We received permission forms to go to SWING (a concert with a French-Canadian band) next Thursday, November 29th - please make sure these forms are signed and come back with a twoonie ASAP!
  • We practiced for the Literacy Test. Here is the link for the OSSLT answers to the practice booklet: PDF Answers This link will take you to other practice materials: OSSLT Practice.
  • The quiz is re-scheduled to Monday. Here's some more practice:
    Passé Composé vs Imparfait 2 tirets.docx
    Passé Composé vs Imparfait 2 tirets.doc
    I encourage you to write the letter of the word CHEATED that you used to justify your use of the imparfait!
  • Monday will also be a library period for our tâches finales.
  • We worked on our tâches finales today.
  • Here are the answers to the new "You Mean I Have To Know This?" Booklet (that re-explained l'imparfait et le passé composé that you were supposed to have gone over already):
    IMP PC Réponses.pdf
  • DEVOIRS: Tâches finales ET étudie pour le quiz.


Jeudi, le 22 novembre
  • We received permission forms to go to SWING (a concert with a French-Canadian band) next Thursday, November 29th - please make sure these forms are signed and come back with a twoonie ASAP!
  • We practiced for the OSSLT.
  • We took up the answers from the first page the of the package - the other two are practice for you. I will post the answers tomorrow. I encourage you to write the letter of the word CHEATED that you used to justify your use of the imparfait!
  • We worked on our projects.
  • QUIZ:sur l'imparfait vs passé composé VENDREDI le 23 novembre.Sais comment former l'imparfait et le passé composé.Tu recevras un paragraphe, et aussi des questions courtes (short answer) et vrai/faux.

Mercredi, le 21 novembre
  • We received permission forms to go to SWING (a concert with a French-Canadian band) next Thursday, November 29th - please make sure these forms are signed and come back with a twoonie ASAP!
  • We began with our literacy portion - practice for the OSSLT.
  • We talked about our "firsts" (visit to the doctor, time you passed a test, etc.) au passé composé et à l'imparfait.
  • We took up half of the sheet "Un opéra moderne". The other half will be completed tomorrow.
  • We received a booklet re-explaining the use of the imparfait vs the passé composé.
  • DEVOIRS: compléter la première page du paquet - just the first page of exercises! I encourage you to write the letter of the word CHEATED that you used to justify your use of the imparfait!
  • QUIZ: sur l'imparfait vs passé composé VENDREDI le 23 novembre. Sais comment former l'imparfait et le passé composé. Tu recevras un paragraphe, et aussi des questions courtes (short answer) et vrai/faux.


Mardi, le 20 novembre
  • We had a library period to work on our tâche finale.
  • We received permission forms to go to SWING (a concert with a French-Canadian band) next Thursday, November 29th - please make sure these forms are signed and come back with a twoonie ASAP!
  • QUIZ:sur l'imparfait vs passé composé VENDREDI le 23 novembre. Sais comment former l'imparfait et le passé composé. Tu recevras un paragraphe, et aussi des questions courtes (short answer) et vrai/faux.


Lundi, le 19 novembre
  • We had a presentation today on the Literacy Test taking place April 11th, 2013.
  • We are having a literacy week to prepare for the mock literacy test next Jeudi le 29 novembre. Throughout the week we will be completing exercises during the first 30 minutes of class.
  • We went over l'imparfait on the sheet La rêve de Jacqueline. We will take up the other side tomorrow.
  • I had to move Monday's presentations to the following Monday due to booking a library period for Monday to give students more time to complete their project. This week, students are welcome to bring their laptops/iPads to class to work on the project when given time.
  • QUIZ:sur l'imparfait vs passé composé VENDREDI le 23 novembre. Sais comment former l'imparfait et le passé composé. Tu recevras un paragraphe, et aussi des questions courtes (short answer) et vrai/faux.


Mercredi, le 14 novembre
  • We reviewed when to use l'imparfait.
  • We practiced our skills avec un paragraphe de Clark Kent.
    L'histoire de Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman.docx
    L'histoire de Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman.doc
  • We had an example of #2 on Tâche Finale: our photo-mystère.
  • I explained more in detail about the tâche finale.
  • We had time to work on our tâche finale OR our homework OR more practice with passé composé/imparfait.
  • DEVOIRS: choisis un objet-souvenir et une photo et l'apportes demain; exercices A et C du paquet de l'histoire du livre; more practice with le passé composé et l'imparfait is DUE LUNDI!

Mardi, le 13 novembre
  • Today was a period 1 assembly schedule.
  • We took up yesterday's homework.
  • I presented an example of part of the tâche finale on "un objet-souvenir". We will do another example tomorrow.
  • DEVOIRS: choisis un objet-souvenir et une photo et l'apportes demain!

Lundi, le 12 novembre
  • We finished reading and discussing p66-67 in the textbook.
  • We went over a note on Imparfait vs. Passé Composé and when we use each of the tenses. There are specific cases! Here are some helpful links to get more information if you're finding yourself a bit confused: Imp vs PC 1
  • We practiced that knowledge with a couple of exercises.
  • DEVOIRS: The rest of the package is for homework with the Imparfait VS Passé Composé excercises.
Vendredi, le 9 novembre
  • I collected the website forms and the introducing yourself booklets. If you did not hand yours in today, please hand them in by Monday!
  • We corrected the imparfait sheet I gave yesterday.
  • We practiced l'imparfait oralement à la page 64 du livre.
  • We reviewed l'imparfait and we had time to study before our quiz.
  • We took our quiz.
  • We began to read p66 in our livres. We will finish this on Monday.
  • DEVOIRS: la feuille du site web
    Website Form.doc
    et le paquet à s'introduire.
Jeudi, le 8 novembre
  • We got to know each other a bit more.
  • We went through some of my expectations.
  • I explained my website.
  • We completed another practice sheet on l'imparfait.
  • We completed a booklet on introducing ourselves.
  • DEVOIRS: page 11 de la feuille de l'imparfait; la feuille du site web signé
    Website Form.doc
    , le paquet à s'introduire.
Mercredi, le 7 novembre
  • We went over what was being done in class.
  • We re-learned l'imparfait and how to form it.
  • We practiced forming l'imparfait à l'écrit.
  • We practiced forming l'imparfait à l'orale.
  • We ate food from the presentations. :)